Undergarment



A. ROTHSTEIN UNDERGARMENT Filed April 1, 1927 lNvENToR l A. @orf/5727 BY M ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

- ANNA ROTHSTVEIN, OFCHCGO, ILLINOIS.

UNDERGARMENT.

Application filed April 1,

My invention relates to improvements in undergarments, suon as brassieres and the like, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

in object of my invention is to provide a construction which will. permit of the use oi noneelastic shoulder straps, While permitting the shoulder straps to move to accommodate the movements ofi the body.

A further object to provide a construction having elastic means which will permit the shoulder straps to move with the body, 'these elastic means being` normally hidden by the garment itself.

A further object is to provide agarinent having .elastic means for permitting the movement of the shoulder straps which will permit the use` of inelastic shoulder straps that can be detached and washed. y

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel iieatures of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in 'the accompanying drawings, forming part oia this ap plication, in which v Figure l is a ligure showing one embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged view showing the shoulder strap as attached to the garment,

Figure S is a section along the rline 3 3 oi" Figure 2, and

Figure at is a modified form or' the device.

In carrying out my invention, I malte use of an undergarment such as a brassire l. On the inside ot the garment, below the upper edge thereof, I provide a pocket E2 which is made by taking a piece ot suitable niatcrial and stitching it at the side edges., as shown at 3, to the/body olir the arment. rlhe upper edges are preferably turned over and henimed as at li. A piece ot elastic webbing 5 is secured at its lower edge Within the pocket, the lower edge of the pocket being preferably formed into a hem and a row of stitching 6 being provided for holding the webbing in the hem. The webbing 5 is continued out of the pocket and is provided Wit-h a button 7.

A shoulder strap 8, which may be a ribbon or other suitable band, is provided with a buttonhole 9 arranged to receive the kbutton 7 and this strap may be fastened in front in Vstraps is that shown in Figures l and Q.

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ous parts of the device, the operation thereof y may be readily understood.V The normal position ot thev garment and the shoulder this position, very little of the elastic band is visible. l/Vhen, however, through stooping or rcachin g, strain is placed on the shoulder band, the elastic l will givey so as to permit the strap to accommodate itself to the movement of the wearer. lll/Then the body resumes its normal position, the strap will again assume the position shown in Figure 2, the major portion of the elastic being concealed by the pocket.

The use of such device gives flexibility to the shoulder strap, and at the same time it permits the use of a noirelastic shoulder strap Which can be taken oil and Washed. It adds but little to the cost ot the garment, and, since the elastic band is largely concealed, it in nowise detracts from the appearance.

It frequently happens that inthe construe tion of garments such as the present, the garment is made up of a numb-er of individual parts. These parts are seWed together and thel seams are covered With stripping. The stripping serves two purposes; namely, as a means for covering the seams so as to pre-v vent the seam from contacting with the body oit the wearer, and as a concealing means. In Figure 4 I have shown the stripping 11 used in lieu of the pocket 2. The stripping l1 is arranged to cover a seam 1l. In this construction the elastic portion 4; is secured betweenthe stripping 11 and the garment by stitching 6. The stripping 11 is cut off near the top ol the garment for Inumittiug the attaching of the shoulder strap 8 to the button 7. Thus it will be seen that the stripping ll serves the purposes above mentioned, and at the same time provides a pocket for the elastic portion 4.

In both cases, the elastic band is largely concealed but it serves the purpose of permitting the movement with a non-elastic shoulder strap which would not be possible if the f shoulder strap were connected rigidly to the garment.

I claim The combination of a non-elastic shoulder strap having a buttonhole in one end thereof,

un unclergzunient having` seams therein and stripping sew-ed over said Scams, said strpping having stitches relatively near the edges thereof for securing the stripping` to the unclergarment, certain of said stripping terminoting short of the upper edge of said undergzument and having an operi enel to forni :1

pocket, an elastic band disposed Within the pocket and arranged to project outv of 'the pocket, a button secured to the exteriorly projecting portion of the elastic band and' arranged to enter the Opening` in saiclrshoulcler strap, and a line of Stitching transversely across the stripping and one end of the elastic band for securing the latter. f A

ANNA ROTHSTEIN. 

